What Are Friends For? is an episode of the television series The New Twilight Zone.

Cast

• Alex Mattingly: Tom Skerrit
• Jeff Mattingly: Fred Savage
• Mike: Lukas Haas
• Tim: Mark-Paul Gosselaar
• Allyson Conrad: Joy Claussen
• Ross Conrad: Michael Ennis
• Larry: Johnny Green
• Cindy: Jennifer Roach
• Doctor: David Selberg

Opening Narration

“Old friends have a way of being there when you need them and sometimes when you don’t. As Alex Mattingly and his son Jeff are about to learn. Courtesy of a very special friend from the Twilight Zone.”

Synopsis

Alex and Jeff Mattingly are father and son who have moved out to a remote cabin in the woods. Jeff is a lonely little boy who is not entirely happy about his situation, since he has no one his age. One day he discovers a new friend, Mike, in the woods near his home. They have a great time exploring the woods and playing together. However, Jeff has problems relating to any of the other children and no one believes “Mike” exists. Alex prohibits Jeff from playing with Mike, after it appears that Mike tried to kill him. One day, when Alex catches up with Mike out in the woods, he realizes that Mike was an imaginary friend from his own childhood.

After a fight with some of the other kids, Jeff runs out to find Mike in the woods. This time Mike tells him that he doesn’t want to be his friend any more. Alex finds Jeff and tells him to apologize to the other kids; then he finds Mike and they both say goodbye.

Closing Narration

“For Alex and Jeff Mattingly there will always be one special friend, one who loved them both enough to vanish when the time was right, but after all, that’s what friends are for. Especially a friend from the Twilight Zone.”

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